Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-09-02
DOMESTIC HINTS.
CHICKEN PIE.

Cut the hiekens in joints; blanch
them with boiling water. season with
pepper and salt mixed tablespoonful
of chopped mushrooms, parsley and
onions, or larger quantity Of this sea-
soning can be used; add few slices Of
ham or bacon. A layer below and one
above the chicken arranged in the pie
dish is best. Fill it up with veal gravy,
seasoned with few mushrooms; put
in also the yolks of six hard-boled
eggs. A little lemon juice may also be
added. Cover with puff. paste and
bake rather more than an hour.
EGG SNOW.
Put into a saucepan pint of milk. |
two dessert spoonfus of orange flower |
and two ounces of sugar and let it boil /
Take six eggs, separate the yolks from
the whites, beat the latter 10 still
| froth or snow (hence the name) and
put it into the boiling milk by spoon
! fus; stir the whole about with a SKIM
mer. When done take the eggs out
and dress them on the dish for serving.
Thicker the milk over the fire with the
beaten yolks, pour this over the frothed
eggs let the whole cool and serve.
EXCELLENT ROLLS.
Take three pints OF warm water in
which some peeled Irish potatoes have
been boiled, strain your water. add
tablespoonful of butter or lard. one
teacupful of warm yeast; thicken 1t
with flour TO make dough. Let it
stand TO rise. then work into rolls
Let it stand to rise fifteen or twenty
minutes, then bake about three-quar-
tiers of an hour You can make this
INTO loaves, as it is good bread recipe.
GINGERETTE.
One gallon of water, one pound of
white sugar, one-half ounce of best
ginger root, two sliced lemons, one
fourth ounce of cream tartar. Boil the
ginger and lemon ten minutes in part
the water; dissolve the sugar and cream
tartar in cold water. add one gill OF
good yeast. Let it stand over night
and strain and bottle in the morning
/ SNOW BALLS.
I Two cups sugar, II cups butter, one
cup sweet milk. three cups flour, three
teaspoonfuls baking powder, whites Of
five eggs. Bake in deep square pans.
The following day cut in two-inch
squares. Cut off the crust and leave
it white. Take each piece on a fork
and fros; it upon all sides and then
roll in grated cocoanut.
RICE PUDDING.
. A teacupful of rice, the yolks of foul
eggs. the whites of three beaten sepa-
rately, two ounces pounded sugar, two
II ounces raisins one-quarter pound suet
h chopped very fine; ilavorIng of ratata
:. or vanilla; put these ingredients into {
re mould and boil hours. Serve will
:. brandy or sweet sauce.
Il VEGETABLE SOUP.
: Four onions. three turnips four car
It rots. one small head of cabbage, one
r pint Of butter beans and n bunch oil
e, sweet herbs Boil until done, add
J. quart of soup stock take two table
spoonfuls butter and one of flour, bea
t TO a cream; pepper and salt to taste
h add n spoonful sugar. Serve will
II fried bread chips.
!, SPICE CAKE.
+ One and one-half cupfuls of butter
n milk, / cupfus of brown sugar, one
d fourth cupful of butter or shortening
ne one teaSpoonful of soda, one teaspoon
ld full each of cinnamon, cloves, allspice
81 and p to three cupfuls of -four accord
e. ingly TO the richness of the buttermilk
d MUFFINs.
ii Cream together one cupful of butte
2, and one cupful of sugar; add tire,
ed eggs and one pint of milk, stirring
OF well; then add one quart of wheat flour
e, with two teaspoonfuls of baking pow
tn der and one cupful of yellow Indar
a meal Bake in muffin rings in a no
|. oven.
Il SUET PUDDING.
J. Three cups of flour. one of raisins
$ stoned, one-half cup suet, chopped fine
H. one-half cup molasses. one-half cul
y, milk, two teaspoons cinnamon, one o
or cream of tartar, one-half teasp pooh soda
l. boil one hour and half.
nc BREAD PUDDING.
ne Take one pint of bread crumbs soaked
IN in one quart of sweet milk, one-hal
cup of white sugar, two eggs beatcl
thoroughly, one cup of raisns if de
g. sired, heaping tcaspoonful of butter
ST salt to suit the taste; stir well together
e and bake.
I'd ONION PoMADE.
At Cut some onions into thin slices an,
s. stew them in butter, add a pinch o
5. flour with broth or water, season an,
OF stew them again. thicken with tn
e yolks Of eggs 80 as TO make kind o
h. thick sauce.
p BLACKBERRY PUDDING